Huntsville gazette., 1887-07-23
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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cause the running expenses of the
town were only forty-eight dollars last
year.
"A Texas farmer says that three
good bulldogs roaming the yard at
night will do more to keep man hon
est than all the talking in the world.
4 "A Connecticut family were much
frightened the other night by horse
which got into the house while they
were asleep. Rather tangible case of
nightmare.
/ Some trickster inserted the letter
S into bill pending in the Illinois
Legislature. Ii the trick had not been
discovered it would have been illegal
to sell 'spools'' on race tracks in that
State.
Sudden changes in atmospheric
pressure at Berlin seem to have been
connected with the Sonora earthquake.
1t will be remembered that the Kraka-
toa eruption produced an air-waye that
passed several times around the earth.
j -ArkansdaO Traveller.
When split open, says an ex-
change, the cactus is far better than
any filter for clearing and settling
I water A single blade will make
twenty gallons of Mississippi water as
clear as crystal, and will leave no un-
pleasant taste as reminder of its use.
A German doctor regards cycling
as healthy, stimulating exercise. He
finds in it nothing but to commend. 1t
not only strengthens the muscles of the
whole body, but develops the chest,
favors deep breathing and disciplines
an individual in the art of balancing
himself.
--Alasi the humble bee has spark
of innate depravity and seeks intoxica-
ton in the honey cup of the deep pur-
pie columbine. A sip from this flower
makes the bee dizzy drunk but no
sooner does he recover than he goes for
it again like an old toper.-Foote's
Health Monthly.
DIR. Berrillon. hypnotic specialist,
has recently restored a young lady Of
prived of her voice. Electricity was
first tried without success. After hav-
ing been put under mesmeric influence
three times her difficulty was removed.
Hypnotism ought to be called d4nesmer-
ism.
In late experiments a red-hot wire
was made to serve as a telephone trans
mitter. A fine platinum wire, several
inches long, was placed in circuit
with charged accumulation. an induc-
ton coil and receiving telephone;
and when the current had heated the
wire, words spoken to the latter were
audible in the telephone. ne.-ArkGpsaa
IrGUeler.
About fifteen years is the estimated
average life of an American locomo-
tive. Its generally admitted that rail-
way trains in England are driven at a
faster rate of speed than in the United
States-say about twenty per cent. in
excess of the latter. There are express
trains, however, between some of our
principal cities that compare favorably
with those In England.
The national banking system was
invented for an emergency, and for the
purpose for which it was invented, it is
perfection itself. Human ingenuity
could go no further. 1t was established
for the purpose Of enhancing the val
ue of government bonds, and it was
successful; but the national debt will,
in the course of few years, be
liquidated, and then the national bank
ing system will expire by Imitation
atlanta Constitution.
The Boston Budget tells this story
Of Boston school on exhibition
day." The teacher gave out the word
hazardous" for boy to spell, and to
her great surprise he promptly spelled
it s'hazardless." Thinking that the
definition might jog his memory in re-
gard to the photographed blunder OF
which he was guilty. she asked him to
give the meaning, whereupon her as
tonishment was intensified with the re-
ply: "a female hazard. -
"A New York professional boot
black says: Now you see employ
dozen boys, and they are always busy.
To what do / attribute my successf
Gentlemanly manners and good shine.
When it was found that courtesy
was the rule in my place my business
increased. pay my sinners, who are
worthy colored men and boys, one
dollar day. Many, however. who
make themselves agreeable to custom
ers, and do good work. often earn
nearly double the sum. The work per-
formed is pleasant. y
"A mercurial thermometer held in
the suns rays. and not in contact with
any other body. will show but little
rise in temperature, the radiant heat
being reflected from the bright sur
face of the mercury, like light from
mirror. But, if the bulb be coated
with lampblack or some absorbent OF
heat, rise in temperature will be in